The Deep Blue finds beauty in change with newest single ‘Porcelain’
The Manchester indie-folk quartet return with a new single that feels like a quiet exhale.
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Fresh off their headline UK tour, the women of The Deep Blue return with their latest single Porcelain — a delicate, harmony-rich meditation on distance, memory and the tender ache of growing up. Known for their warm, layered sound and emotionally resonant songwriting, Sophie Wozencraft, Georgia Gage, Niamh Feeney, and Katie Emanuel continue to carve out a space in British indie-folk that feels both intimate and expansive.
A mellow beat, soft guitar lines and the gentle twang of banjo thread through the track, creating a soundscape that glows with golden-hour warmth. Their harmonies move in waves, echoing the tide beneath the band’s name, and wrapping around lyrics that linger long after the final note.
One line captures the heart of Porcelain: “Now I drink my coffee from a paper cup, the residue of porcelain, honey and love.” It’s a quiet reflection on the residue of home, the sweetness of what once was, and the dissonance of nostalgia. There’s a softness to the song that’s constantly in conversation with its melancholy, exploring the weight of leaving and the strange lightness of who we become after.
Recorded in their hometown of Manchester, Porcelain carries a sense of closeness born from laughter shared in a cosy studio. Clearly having a gift for crafting songs that feel like community, The Deep Blue write songs that hold us together in the thick air of uncertainty when all we can do is keep moving.
For fans of First Aid Kit, boygenius and The Staves, Porcelain is a song that holds space for stillness in the deep blue of growing up and moving on.
Porcelain is out now.
